Archdeacon of Aberdeen

The Archdeacon of Aberdeen was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Aberdeen, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Aberdeen. The archdeacon held the parish church of Rayne as a prebend since 1256. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:

List of archdeacons of Aberdeen

• Máel Coluim, fl. 1172 x 1179
• Simon, fl. 1189 x 1203
• Omer, fl. x 1207-1208 x
• Máel Coluim, fl. 1224 x 1226-1250 x
• Geoffrey, fl. 1259-1281
• Alan de Moravia, x 1335-1341^[1]
• John de Rait, 1342-1350^[2]
• Alexander de Kininmund, x 1352-1355^[3]
• John Barbour, x 1357-1395^[4]
• Henry de Lichton, 1395 - 1396^[3]
• Thomas Trail, 1395
• John de Lichton, fl. 1395 x 1402
• David Falconer, x 1407-1411
• Thomas de Tyninghame, 1411-1439
• Walter Stewart, 1440
• Laurence Piot, 1440-1453 x 1454
• James Lindsay 1454-1456
• Laurence Piot (again), 1455-1465 x 1468
• James Inglis, 1468
• Alexander Rait, 1468-1475 x 1479
  • Robert Stewart, 1472-1474
• Andrew Young, 1479
  • George Brown, 1479^[5]
• Robert Blackadder, 1475 x 1479^[6]
  • James Lindsay, 1479-1495
• John Fraser, 1480-1488
• Gavin Vaiche, 1485 x 1486
• Gavin Dunbar, 1487
• Adam Elphinstone, 1490/1495 x 1499
• Robert Elphinstone, 1499-1508
  • William Dowy, 1499-1500
• Thomas Halkerston, 1508
• Thomas Myrton, 1512-1540
• Patrick Myrton (senior), 1530-1551
• John Stewart, 1551-1563
• James Erskine, 1565-1579
• Robert Murray, 1584-1585
• Walter Abercrombie, 1586-1620
  • Walter Richardson, 1586
• Andrew Logie, 1624-1636

Notes

1. Became Bishop of Caithness.
2. Became Bishop of Aberdeen.
3. Became Bishop of Aberdeen.
4. Famous poet.
5. Later became Bishop of Dunkeld.
6. Became Bishop of Aberdeen, and later, Archbishop of Glasgow.

Bibliography

• Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 18-21

See also

• Bishop of Aberdeen